Friday, 19 October 2007

The Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society is sponsoring the Ryan Taylor Memorial Lecture on Saturday morning, October 20 at 9:30 am at Library and Archives Canada. The topic is: Who Do We Think We Are? Reflections on Family History and Genealogy. The lecturer is Glenn Wright.

The lecture is in memory of noted genealogist Ryan Taylor (1950 - 2006). Ryan had family connections in Ottawa and attended both Carleton University and the University of Ottawa.

Glenn Wright is a historian, archivist and genealogist who has worked for the National Archives of Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and is the author of a number of books and articles on Canadian history, military history and genealogy.